The use of carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios to identify landfill leachate contamination: Green Island Landfill, Dunedin, New Zealand

Environment International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 631-637

  North, Jessica C ^a   Frew, Russell D ^a   Peake, Barrie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contamination; Isotopic signature; Landfill; Leachate; Natural isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC); ISOTOPIC RATIOS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; NITRITE; NITROGEN 15;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIVESTOCK; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

AUSTRALASIA; DUNEDIN; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 3543142484     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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